Celebrating Progress, Partnerships and the Future of FinTech Collaboration National Museum Cardiff – 24 November 2025 On Monday, we brought the UKFin+ Network together at the beautiful National Museum of Wales in Cardiff for our Annual Research Showcase. It was a day of insight, reflection, and collaboration, surrounded by an extraordinary cohort of academics and … Read more
We’d like to extend our thanks to everyone who joined us for Game-Changing Technology in FinTech. It was a fantastic day filled with insightful discussions, innovative ideas, and great company. A special thank you to our speakers and panellists for sharing their expertise, as well as to all who contributed to the engaging conversations. Events like … Read more
Thank you to all our panellists for sharing their knowledge and insights during our wicked lunch on Blockchain in financial services! The discussion was chaired by UKFin+ Director William Knottenbelt, Director of the Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering. Thank you to our fantastic panel of experts for sharing their knowledge with us: … Read more
Thank you to all our panellists for sharing their insightful opinions during our wicked lunch on Quantum Computing in financial services! The discussion was chaired by UKFin+ Director Jing Chen, a Professor of Financial Mathematics at Cardiff. Thank you to our fantastic panel of experts for sharing their knowledge with us: Ross Grassie (Quantum Software … Read more
Thank you to everyone who attended our first “wicked lunch” on one of the wicked problems facing Financial Services: Stablecoins. We had a brilliant discussion chaired by Professor Daniel Broby, a member of the UKFin+ advisory board and Professor of Financial Technology at Ulster University. Thank you to our fantastic panel of industry and academic … Read more
Last week UKFin+ hosted a Financial Inclusion and Digital Technologies collaboration workshop at The Studio based in Birmingham. The workshop was part of the UKFin+ spotlight on financial inclusion, running between April and November 2024, where we are promoting the development of collaborative research projects between academics and industry. In partnership with industry, policymakers, charities … Read more
Reflecting on a Day of Collaboration: Highlights from the UKFin+ Workshop in Bristol The first of our UKFin+ Collaboration workshops took place on March 6th at the MShed in Bristol. UKFin+ Director Professor Jing (Maggie) Chen was the mastermind behind the new format for the workshop and we were all thrilled with the turnout. The … Read more
UKFin+ Hosts Second Funding Workshop in Northern Ireland, a Top 10 FinTech Hub The second event of the UKFin+ funding workshop series was hosted at the historic Ulster Reform Club in the heart of Belfast Town Centre. Attendees were welcomed into the Club’s Old Billiard Room, ready to discuss wicked problems in financial services. The … Read more
The first of a series of workshops designed to give applicants the opportunity to discuss our funding opportunities, develop project ideas, and ask any questions they might have. The launch of the UKFin+ funding workshop series took place Monday the 9th of October at InSpace, an events and exhibitions space which is part of the … Read more
We are pleased to announce the success of our second launch event for UKFin+, held at the Berkeley in London. The event was a resounding success from start to finish, with attendees both engaged and excited about the project and our goal to tackle wicked problems in the financial services and Fintech industry. We kicked … Read more
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On the 4th of July UKFin+ launched in Birmingham with a terrific event at The Exchange. Our photographer Amy from Creative Media at the University of Birmingham did a brilliant job of capturing some of the highlights. The event commenced with an overview of UKFin+ EPSRC funded Network Plus on FinTech in the UK by … Read more